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Table 55. Institutions ranked by total number of doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health, by field: 2015

Rank Institution All science, engineering, and health Science and engineering Health
Total Science Engineering
All institutions 25,292 18,596 15,667 2,929 6,696
1 Harvard U. 1,316 815 770 45 501
2 U. California, Los Angeles 975 660 612 48 315
3 Stanford U. 944 604 505 99 340
4 Cornell U. 672 561 471 90 111
5 U. Wisconsin-Madison 648 389 327 62 259
6 U. Michigan 600 374 299 75 226
7 U. California, Berkeley 598 523 400 123 75
8 U. Washington 573 401 371 30 172
9 Columbia U. in the City of New York 518 407 341 66 111
10 Duke U. 509 261 225 36 248
11 U. Minnesota 443 319 282 37 124
12 U. California, Davis 424 323 289 34 101
13 U. Pennsylvania 412 207 189 18 205
14 U. Arizona 367 324 297 27 43
15 New York U. 353 294 281 13 59
16 Ohio State U. 338 197 119 78 141
17 Washington U., Saint Louis 337 167 160 7 170
18 U. Kentucky 330 227 202 25 103
19 U. California, Santa Cruz 326 326 300 26 0
20 Northwestern U. 314 188 158 30 126
21 U. California, Santa Barbara 312 312 268 44 0
22 California Institute of Technology 304 304 256 48 0
23 Texas A&M U. 295 263 211 52 32
24 Case Western Reserve U. 291 183 118 65 108
25 U. Pittsburgh 281 124 124 0 157
26 U. California, San Diego 268 155 123 32 113
27 North Carolina State U. 259 205 139 66 54
28 U. Miami 256 157 157 0 99
29 U. Oregon 253 205 204 1 48
30 Baylor C. of Medicine 249 132 132 0 117
31 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 238 229 193 36 9
32 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 236 106 103 3 130
33 Johns Hopkins U. 235 133 115 18 102
34 Arizona State U. 230 222 180 42 8
35 Indiana U. 225 160 157 3 65
36 U. Alabama, Birmingham 222 99 94 5 123
37 Pennsylvania State U. 219 217 131 86 2
38 U. Texas, Austin 218 205 139 66 13
39 City of Hope, Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences 217 217 217 0 0
40 U. Cincinnati 214 29 29 0 185
41 U. Southern California 210 146 141 5 64
42 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 206 206 107 99 0
43 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 205 171 116 55 34
44 Rockefeller U. 204 204 204 0 0
44 U. Virginia 204 171 129 42 33
46 Princeton U. 203 203 176 27 0
47 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 200 193 156 37 7
48 U. California, Irvine 176 117 87 30 59
49 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 175 169 142 27 6
50 Georgetown U. 166 125 125 0 41
51 U. Kansas 164 111 94 17 53
52 U. Colorado 163 35 31 4 128
53 U. California, San Francisco 160 50 47 3 110
54 U. Illinois, Chicago 153 45 41 4 108
55 Mayo Clinic, Mayo Graduate School 150 61 52 9 89
56 U. California, Riverside 149 149 145 4 0
57 U. Oklahoma 143 143 115 28 0
58 Oregon State U. 139 128 111 17 11
59 SUNY, Stony Brook U. 136 101 82 19 35
60 Iowa State U. 132 124 112 12 8
61 U. Utah 130 76 56 20 54
62 Oregon Health and Science U. 122 77 62 15 45
63 Medical C. Wisconsin 121 45 45 0 76
63 U. Houston 121 110 87 23 11
65 U. Iowa 120 61 58 3 59
66 Vanderbilt U. 119 73 69 4 46
67 U. Chicago 116 52 51 1 64
68 U. South Florida, Tampa 114 34 24 10 80
69 Utah State U. 113 97 48 49 16
70 Purdue U. 109 96 70 26 13
71 U. Nevada, Reno 108 93 72 21 15
72 Scripps Research Institute 103 89 89 0 14
73 Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute 102 102 102 0 0
74 U. Rochester 100 65 60 5 35
75 SUNY, U. Buffalo 99 76 52 24 23
76 U. Alabama, Huntsville 97 97 67 30 0
77 U. Missouri, Columbia 91 79 73 6 12
78 Rice U. 90 90 66 24 0
79 Carnegie Mellon U. 89 89 44 45 0
80 U. Hawaii, Manoa 88 84 81 3 4
81 Colorado School of Mines 86 86 25 61 0
81 West Virginia U. 86 73 55 18 13
83 Emory U. 85 25 25 0 60
84 U. Dayton 84 84 84 0 0
85 Florida State U. 81 81 73 8 0
86 Boston U. 79 67 58 9 12
87 Louisiana State U. 69 61 48 13 8
87 U. Louisville 69 26 19 7 43
89 Brandeis U. 66 66 66 0 0
89 Temple U. 66 32 32 0 34
91 U. Maryland, Baltimore County 63 55 43 12 8
91 U. Texas Medical Branch 63 50 50 0 13
93 U. Tennessee, Knoxville 60 59 38 21 1
94 Northeastern U. 59 47 35 12 12
95 North Dakota State U. 57 51 48 3 6
96 U. Massachusetts, Boston 54 53 52 1 1
96 U. Texas, Dallas 54 51 31 20 3
96 Wayne State U. 54 32 28 4 22
99 U. Nebraska-Lincoln 53 52 44 8 1
100 Brown U. 51 51 51 0 0
101 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 50 50 36 14 0
102 Tufts U. 48 48 43 5 0
103 George Washington U. 46 41 31 10 5
103 U. Delaware 46 34 28 6 12
105 Stevens Institute of Technology 44 44 15 29 0
106 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 42 42 42 0 0
106 Dartmouth C. 42 39 39 0 3
106 U. Nevada, Las Vegas 42 33 29 4 9
109 New Jersey Institute of Technology 41 41 18 23 0
109 U. Mississippi 41 12 1 11 29
109 Wright State U. 41 40 21 19 1
112 Montana State U. 39 39 32 7 0
112 Thomas Jefferson U. 39 16 16 0 23
112 U. Nebraska, Medical Center 39 25 25 0 14
115 Lehigh U. 36 36 14 22 0
116 Kansas State U. 33 18 17 1 15
117 Boston C. 31 31 31 0 0
117 San Diego State U. 31 18 18 0 13
117 U. Tennessee, Health Science Center 31 16 16 0 15
117 U. Texas, El Paso 31 31 26 5 0
117 Van Andel Institute 31 31 31 0 0
117 Wake Forest U. 31 22 22 0 9
123 Michigan State U. 30 27 23 4 3
123 Portland State U. 30 27 21 6 3
123 U. Louisiana, Lafayette 30 21 16 5 9
126 Northern Arizona U. 29 29 28 1 0
126 U. Arkansas, Fayetteville 29 29 24 5 0
126 U. North Texas, Denton 29 29 23 6 0
129 Missouri U. of Science and Technology 26 26 7 19 0
130 Ohio U. 25 25 15 10 0
130 U. Massachusetts, Amherst 25 25 20 5 0
130 U. New Hampshire 25 25 25 0 0
133 Medical U. South Carolina 24 13 13 0 11
133 U. Akron 24 24 9 15 0
133 U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth 24 23 21 2 1
133 U. South Carolina 24 16 11 5 8
137 Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences 23 21 21 0 2
137 U. Wyoming 23 23 21 2 0
139 Boise State U. 22 20 12 8 2
139 SUNY, Downstate Medical Center 22 18 18 0 4
141 U. Massachusetts, Lowell 21 17 15 2 4
142 Augusta U.a 20 20 20 0 0
142 Clemson U. 20 20 8 12 0
142 Michigan Technological U. 20 20 8 12 0
142 Mississippi State U. 20 20 9 11 0
142 New Mexico State U. 20 19 18 1 1
142 U. Central Florida 20 20 9 11 0
148 C. of William and Mary 19 19 19 0 0
148 U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa 19 19 13 6 0
148 U. Memphis 19 16 13 3 3
151 Marquette U. 18 16 7 9 2
151 Tulane U. 18 15 15 0 3
151 U. Idaho 18 18 18 0 0
151 U. Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 18 5 5 0 13
151 U. Texas, San Antonio 18 18 16 2 0
156 Hampton U. 16 13 13 0 3
156 Miami U. 16 16 16 0 0
156 Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 16 16 16 0 0
156 Southern Methodist U. 16 16 16 0 0
156 U. Connecticut 16 14 11 3 2
156 U. Maryland Baltimore 16 3 3 0 13
162 San Francisco State U. 15 15 15 0 0
162 South Dakota State U. 15 13 11 2 2
162 U. New Mexico 15 13 12 1 2
162 U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 15 0 0 0 15
166 California State U., Fullerton 14 11 8 3 3
166 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 14 14 14 0 0
166 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 14 14 4 10 0
166 Texas Tech U. 14 11 7 4 3
166 U. California, Merced 14 14 11 3 0
171 Baylor U. 13 13 13 0 0
171 Florida International U. 13 13 8 5 0
171 Northern Illinois U. 13 13 10 3 0
171 SUNY, Binghamton U. 13 13 6 7 0
171 U. Rhode Island 13 13 13 0 0
171 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 13 13 3 10 0
177 Georgia State U. 12 12 12 0 0
177 Mercer U. 12 9 2 7 3
177 U. Missouri, Kansas City 12 2 1 1 10
180 CUNY, City C. 11 11 8 3 0
181 Georgia Institute of Technology 10 10 3 7 0
181 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 10 10 2 8 0
181 Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi 10 10 10 0 0
181 U. Montana 10 10 10 0 0
181 U. Vermont 10 10 10 0 0
181 Wichita State U. 10 10 3 7 0
187 Brigham Young U. 9 9 8 1 0
187 U. Tulsa 9 9 3 6 0
187 Virginia Commonwealth U. 9 1 1 0 8
190 Morehouse School of Medicine 8 8 8 0 0
190 SUNY, Upstate Medical U. 8 7 7 0 1
190 Texas A&M U.-Kingsville 8 8 8 0 0
190 Texas Christian U. 8 8 8 0 0
190 U. North Carolina, Charlotte 8 8 7 1 0
190 U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras 8 8 8 0 0
196 Clarkson U. 7 7 2 5 0
196 Florida Atlantic U. 7 4 4 0 3
196 U. Denver 7 7 7 0 0
196 U. Massachusetts, Medical School 7 7 7 0 0
196 U. Southern Mississippi 7 7 7 0 0
201 Bastyr U. 6 6 6 0 0
201 Chapman U. 6 4 4 0 2
201 Kansas City U. of Medicine and Biosciences 6 6 6 0 0
201 Kent State U. 6 6 6 0 0
201 Pittsburg State U. 6 6 0 6 0
201 U. Georgia 6 6 6 0 0
201 U. Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 6 6 6 0 0
208 Clark U. 5 5 5 0 0
208 CUNY, Queens C. 5 5 5 0 0
208 Howard U. 5 5 3 2 0
208 Illinois Institute of Technology 5 5 5 0 0
208 Lamar U. 5 5 1 4 0
208 Midwestern U. 5 3 3 0 2
208 Northeastern Ohio Universities, C. of Medicine 5 5 5 0 0
208 Rush U. 5 5 5 0 0
208 Syracuse U. 5 5 1 4 0
208 U. Texas, Arlington 5 5 0 5 0
208 Western U. of Health Sciences 5 0 0 0 5
219 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 4 4 4 0 0
219 CUNY, C. Staten Island 4 4 4 0 0
219 Florida Institute of Technology 4 4 2 2 0
219 Loma Linda U. 4 4 4 0 0
219 Louisiana Tech U. 4 4 2 2 0
219 Marshall U. 4 4 4 0 0
219 Rowan U. 4 4 4 0 0
219 Texas Southern U. 4 3 3 0 1
219 Tuskegee U. 4 4 4 0 0
219 U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 2 2 0 2
219 U. Arkansas, Little Rock 4 4 4 0 0
219 U. Nebraska, Omaha 4 0 0 0 4
219 U. Toledo 4 4 1 3 0
232 Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 3 0 0 0 3
232 Creighton U. 3 1 1 0 2
232 East Carolina U. 3 3 3 0 0
232 Idaho State U. 3 2 1 1 1
232 Keck Graduate Institute 3 3 3 0 0
232 Morgan State U. 3 3 3 0 0
232 Rochester Institute of Technology 3 3 3 0 0
232 U. Missouri, Saint Louis 3 3 3 0 0
232 U. South Dakota 3 3 3 0 0
241 Albany Medical C. 2 2 2 0 0
241 Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 2 0 0 0 2
241 Clark Atlanta U. 2 2 2 0 0
241 Fordham U. 2 2 2 0 0
241 Indiana State U. 2 2 2 0 0
241 Nova Southeastern U. 2 2 2 0 0
241 Oakland U. 2 2 2 0 0
241 Southern Illinois U., Carbondale 2 2 1 1 0
241 Texas State U. 2 2 2 0 0
241 Trinity C., Hartford 2 2 2 0 0
241 U. North Carolina, Wilmington 2 2 2 0 0
241 U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 2 2 2 0 0
253 Bryant U. 1 1 1 0 0
253 California State U., Los Angeles 1 1 0 1 0
253 Cleveland State U. 1 1 0 1 0
253 CUNY, Baruch C. 1 1 1 0 0
253 CUNY, Brooklyn C. 1 1 1 0 0
253 Jackson State U. 1 1 1 0 0
253 Loyola U., Chicago 1 1 1 0 0
253 Montana Tech of U. Montana 1 1 1 0 0
253 Salus U. 1 1 1 0 0
253 Sam Houston State U. 1 1 1 0 0
253 Tennessee Technological U. 1 1 0 1 0
253 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 1 0 0 0 1
253 U. New England 1 0 0 0 1
253 U. South Alabama 1 1 1 0 0
253 U. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 1 1 1 0 0
253 Yeshiva U. 1 1 1 0 0
a In 2015, Georgia Regents University was renamed Augusta University.
NOTES: Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically. "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2015.